Precision agriculture technology and digital services are rapidly changing food systems around the world. Mobile phones allow once-isolated communities to connect to new information networks and markets. Such technologies can have large benefits in countries where agriculture employs the bulk of the workforce and access to finance is still limited.
Virtual Event: Bundling Crop Insurance and Certified Seeds: A five-year Perspective from Kenya
Abstract: Both crop insurance and stress tolerant seeds have the potential to increase the resilience of smallholder farmers in the face of weather shocks. At the same time uptake remains a challenge. We present the results of two projects that bundle insurance and seeds, either conditionally (free insurance under condition of buying seeds) or […]
IFPRI Policy Brief: The Impact of Market System Development Approaches: The Case of InovAgro in Mozambique
Market system development (MSD) approaches aim to address market failures and frictions that frequently impede adoption of modern yield-enhancing agricultural practices in sub-Saharah Africa. This brief examines the impact of an MSD intervention (InovAgro) in Mozambique that was designed to increase incomes and improve economic security for poor smallholder farmers through improved productivity and development […]
Virtual Event: The Effect of Extension and Marketing Interventions on Smallholder Farmers: Evidence from the ISFM Malawi Project
Abstract: This impact evaluation report assesses the impact of a programme that aims to encourage farmers, by promoting the use of demonstration plots, farmer-based organisations and farmer field days, to adopt integrated soil fertility and management practices and improve farmers’ access to output markets by negotiating advance guaranteed prices with commercial buyers. Read and download […]
IFPRI Maize Market Report October 2022
The Monthly Maize Market Reports are developed by researchers at IFPRI Malawi, with the main goal of providing clear and accurate daily maize price data in selected markets throughout Malawi. The reports are intended as a resource for those interested in maize markets in Malawi, namely producers, traders, consumers, or other agricultural stakeholders. Highlights Retail […]
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